The Casa Rosada stands out for its facade, painted a pale, chalky pink that covers the entire building. It serves as the seat of the executive branch of the Argentine government. In eighteen ninety-eight, President Julio Roca ordered the…
Puerto Madero Docklands Walk
Walk along the red-brick warehouses and sleek steel skyscrapers of the city's revitalized port district, crossing the iconic Puente de la Mujer. This route showcases the modern, wealthy face of Buenos Aires along a breezy, pedestrian-friendly waterfront.
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1. Casa Rosada
2. Buque Museo Fragata A.R.A. "Presidente Sarmiento"
The white hull of the Fragata Sarmiento sits anchored in the dock, its three masts rising sharp against the glass towers of Puerto Madero. Built in England in eighteen ninety-seven, this ship functioned as the primary training vessel for…
3. Puente de la Mujer
The Puente de la Mujer is a rotating footbridge shaped like a couple dancing the tango, with a single white pylon leaning back to hold the structure above the water. Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge to anchor the redevelopment of…
4. Parque Mujeres Argentinas
Parque Mujeres Argentinas features a vast, flat expanse of native grasses that contrast sharply with the towering glass skyscrapers of Puerto Madero. This landscape sits on land once held by the Buenos Aires port, a restricted zone of…
5. Monumento al Tango
A bronze bandoneon player stands in a perpetual lean on the waterfront, his instrument held to his chest as if he is mid-phrase. The sculpture, created by artist Estela Trebino, marks the spot where a massive, rusted anchor once sat, but…
6. Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
The Faena Hotel occupies a massive, seven-story brick building that originally served as a grain silo in nineteen oh two. Designer Philippe Starck kept the exterior facade identical to the original storage facility, with its deep red…
7. Fuente de las Nereidas (Lola Mora)
The Fuente de las Nereidas features a group of marble figures emerging from a swirling sea of stone. Lola Mora carved this fountain in Rome in nineteen oh three, shocking Buenos Aires society with its display of nude female forms. Local…